Bowling Green State University Athletics
Carla Marshack: 2006 BGSU Hall of Fame Inductee
September 03, 2006 | General
Sept. 3, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome nine new members on Friday (Sept. 8). The 2006 class will be inducted during a formal dinner on the BGSU campus.
The class of 2006 includes Sara Collas '90 (women's cross country/track and field), Carlyn Esslinger '96 (volleyball), Steve Klein '98 (men's soccer), Brian Leaver '95 (football), Carla Marshack '92 (women's tennis), Jim McDonald '59 (men's basketball), Megan McGuire '91 (women's basketball and volleyball), Vince Palko '95 (football) and Andy Tracy (football and baseball).
The official induction ceremony will take place Friday evening (Sept. 8) in the grand ballroom of BGSU's Bowen-Thompson Student Union. The social hour begins at 6:00 p.m., with dinner served at 7:00 p.m. and the program starting shortly thereafter.
In addition, the class will be introduced at halftime of Saturday's (Sept. 9) BGSU-Buffalo football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game begins at 3:00 p.m. and is designated as Hall of Fame Day.
Tickets for Friday's dinner are $35 ($30 for Varsity BG members), and advanced reservations are required. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Falcon Club office at (419) 372-7100. Football game tickets can be purchased through the ticket office by phone, at 1-877-BGSUTICKET, or on the web at www.BGSUFalcons.com.
The public is invited to attend the induction dinner. Reservations are encouraged, but walk-ups are welcomed as well.
The following is the fifth of a nine-part series that takes a look at this year's inductees...
CARLA MARSHACK (women's tennis; 1989-92)
Carla Marshack, a native of Riverwoods, Ill., was the first-ever BGSU female tennis player to capture a MAC singles title, capturing the crown at the number-one singles flight in her senior year of 1992. The team's No. 1 singles player in all four of her years in the Brown and Orange, she also was the school's first female tennis player to earn the top seed for the MAC Championships, doing so in her sophomore year of 1990.
Marshack set the school records for singles wins in a season (23) and career (75) and total career wins (124). Though those marks have since been broken, she still ranks among BGSU's top-10 on each list. A two-time academic all-league and academic all-district selection, Marshack was named the Falcon Club Outstanding Junior Student-Athlete in 1991 and the BGSU Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year in '92. In her senior year, she was BGSU's female nominee for the MAC's Bob James Award, given to the top student-athletes (one male and one female) in the conference.
Following graduation from BGSU, she worked at Global Crossing for eight years as a national account sales rep, and was top-10 in the country nearly every year. She also competed in three Olympic triathlons, and will receive a black belt in Tae Kwon Do next month.
Marshack, now Carla Cooper, married husband Curt six years ago. The couple has two children, Jake (5) and Brooke (3), and resides in Burr Ridge, Ill.
